diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/amazon/ec2_snapshot.py b/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/amazon/ec2_snapshot.py
index d2847aa937f..0727c6cf524 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/amazon/ec2_snapshot.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/amazon/ec2_snapshot.py
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ def main():
             instance_id = dict(),
             snapshot_id = dict(),
             device_name = dict(),
-            wait = dict(type='bool', default='false'),
+            wait = dict(type='bool', default=True),
             wait_timeout = dict(type='int', default=0),
             snapshot_max_age = dict(type='int', default=0),
             snapshot_tags = dict(type='dict', default=dict()),